happy birthday boyfriend quotes

Dig the well before you are thirsty. ~Chinese Proverb


Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope. ~Titus Maccius Plautus


There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle. ~Alexis de Tocqueville


Humor has a way of bringing people together. It unites people. In fact, I'm rather serious when I suggest that someone should plant a few whoopee cushions in the United Nations. ~Ron Dentinger


One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake. ~Anton Pavlovich Chekhov


When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it. ~Clarence Darrow


Your son at five is your master, at ten your slave, at fifteen your double, and after that, your friend or your foe, depending on his bringing up. ~Author Unknown


Plain women know more about men than beautiful ones do. ~Katharine Hepburn


You must not know too much, or be too precise or scientific about birds and trees and flowers and water-craft; a certain free margin, and even vagueness - perhaps ignorance, credulity - helps your enjoyment of these things... ~Walt Whitman, Specimen Days, "Birds - And a Caution" (Thanks, Corinne)


A thing, until it is everything, is noise, and once it is everything it is silence. ~Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin


Be it human or animal, touch is a life-giving thing. Has anyone ever had a stroke or a heart attack while cozied up with a pet? I doubt it. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com


Oh that this too too solid flesh would melt, thaw and resolve itself into a dew. ~William Shakespeare, Hamlet


Lose an hour in the morning, and you will be all day hunting for it. ~Richard Whately


What greater thing is there for human souls than to feel that they are joined for life - to be with each other in silent unspeakable memories. ~George Eliot


What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog. ~Dwight Eisenhower, address to Republican National Committee, 31 January 1958, also sometimes attributed to Mark Twain (unverified)


God gave us memories that we might have roses in December. ~J.M. Barrie, Courage, 1922


If you bring that sentence in for a fitting, I can have it shortened by Wednesday. ~M*A*S*H, Hawkeye, "The Gun"


Joy is a flower that blooms when you do. ~Author Unknown


Newlyweds become oldyweds, and oldyweds are the reasons that families work. ~Author Unknown


All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams. ~Elias Canetti